Anything to do with eating and drinking!
A tall glass of traditional Vietnamese iced coffee is the quickest way to beat the heat in Vietnam. We’re espresso people: we like our coffee short, black, strong, and hot, Italian-style. Yet when we’re in sultry Vietnam we do as locals do, stopping often for icy-cold glasses of sweet and creamy traditional Vietnamese iced coffee … Read more
I’ve been eager to gather these recipes for the best Asian inspired cocktails in Bangkok for some time. Aside from martinis before dinner we are wine drinkers. We’ll always order a bottle of wine with dinner or glasses of matching wines if it’s a degustation menu. Except in Asia. Because nobody makes cocktails like Asians bartenders … Read more
We first met Thai-born chef Duangporn ‘Bo’ Songvisava, better known as Chef Bo and her Australian chef husband Dylan Jones – protégés of the legendary master of Thai cuisine David Thompson at Nahm London – after eating a very memorable meal at their restaurant Bo.lan, just after it opened in Bangkok. In the last 18 … Read more
Soi 38 or Sukhumvit 38 beside BTS Thonglor in Bangkok is a tiny piece of street food stall heaven in a city heaving with fantastic street food dining options. This is our guide to what to eat where and other footpath feasting tips. Footpath Feasting: Street Food on Sukhumvit 38 AKA Soi 38, Thonglor, Bangkok At … Read more
Chef Ian Kittichai, celebrity chef, Thailand’s Iron Chef, and a global ambassador for Thai cuisine, has restaurants in Bangkok, Mumbai, Hong Kong, and New York City, and does a weekly television cooking show Chef Mue Thong, which has been broadcast since 2001 in 70 countries around the world. Somewhat surprisingly, Chef Ian Kittichai (whose full Thai name is … Read more